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Originally Posted by Raider999
They cannot obtain exclusive UK rights as already stated. Doesn't matter how much they pay it isn't allowed
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I agree. I doubt any government would change the rules anytime soon, but that still leaves open the door for Amazon (or someone else) to bid for a higher packages next time around.
As I said, in regards to global rights for sports, Amazon would likely target something like the World cup and/or Olympics.
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Originally Posted by muppetman11
Horizon
A few points ,
The tech giants you talk about , how's YouTube Premium going for Google ? Amazon's streaming service still doesn't compete or come near to that of Netflix. How many would subscribe if it wasn't for the bundled benefits of Prime. I have Amazon Prime and we rarely watch or find much worth watching on the service and that includes the kids.
Streamers may get interested if Sports rights were available globally but under the current territory by territory basis no chance they pay north of £5 billion just for the UK rights. Facebook and Twitter have both dabbled with content but had little success.
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But then lets turn the question around. Leave aside exclusive rights to the football, which I agree is unlikely in the near term, if Amazon (or whoever it might be) won one or more packages of football rights and had it as a £10 add on to their current Prime sub, wouldn't all those people who currently pay BT and Sky switch over to Amazon?
If Amazon chose to do so, it could easily outbid Sky and BT. Whether it actually does, remains to be seen, but I don't see their interest in sports going away anytime soon, do you?
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Originally Posted by jfman
I’d be more interested if the 62% actually cancelled. By their nature bundles often aren’t customised - fully customised bundles aren’t really bundles at all.
I still haven’t seen any credible calculations of how £5bn on Premiership football rights is profitable for Amazon (or anyone else) based on current (or even hypothetical) pricing. They aren’t a charity after all.
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If we take the States as an example here, Sky and VM might go back to smaller bundles to compete, or again, copy what's happening in some places in the States and offer a la carte packages where you do choose what channels you want.